Originally Posted by Damien (Post 36048419)

That's still fine though as they tend to be British companies getting the commission. The BBC doesn't have to be a monolithic organisation, it can be just as valuable as a resource for British work to get put into screen.

One of the roles of the BBC is to promote and cultivate British artists. A lot of musical acts got their first radio play from the BBC and a lot of writers/actors started off at the BBC.

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Bit rich to complain about people bringing down British identity and then too to complain of varied accents on advertising. We don't all speak in received pronunciation. Britain has always had varied accents.

Originally Posted by Chris (Post 36048434)

Whose language has it corrupted? It doesn’t affect the way I talk, or any of my kids. Sub cultural forms of expression come and go.

Originally Posted by Sephiroth (Post 36048433)

Originally Posted by Damien (Post 36048419)

Bit rich to complain about people bringing down British identity and then too to complain of varied accents on advertising. We don't all speak in received pronunciation. Britain has always had varied accents.

Originally Posted by jfman (Post 36048421)

I hardly think it’s trolling to point out that the BBC, by any reasonable measure, are part of the Establishment.

Originally Posted by Mad Max (Post 36048454)

You know this, how? Or is it just your usual warped view of everything and anything that anyone else posts which is different from your views?

Originally Posted by Pierre (Post 36048451)

I've no problem with the BBC having "correct" accents, I can't think of anything worse than a newsreader/ presenter with a broad Scouse, Brummie, Geordie, etc accent.

Originally Posted by jfman (Post 36048461)

Oddly, you are the only person that has contested the point.

I can only assume you deny the existence of an Establishment at all and that all our political, business and leaders within the media are there on merit. They all got to Oxford and Cambridge on merit, and it didn’t matter that Daddy was the 39th Lord something and cousin of King George VI.

Somewhat naive if so.

Originally Posted by GrimUpNorth (Post 36048473)

You don't really have to look too far back in the list of past BBC DG's to find the bit in bold falls in to the category of a crock of shit, but hey I suppose it sounds good if you say it confidently enough. Are we maybe seeing the old green eyed monster showing its head?

Originally Posted by jfman (Post 36048477)

The Director General is but one position. I suppose Durham is nice too. Maybe not St. Andrews but up there.

I fail to see how pointing out that patronage and nepotism are a common part of public life in the United Kingdom, including at the BBC, is “the green eyed monster”.

Originally Posted by Sephiroth (Post 36048479)

Originally Posted by jfman (Post 36048503)

And was his mind corrupted by left wing lecturers and tutors? ;)